non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
going back to sleep; sleeping in
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
to shed light; to cast light
theatre; theater; playhouse
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to tumble down; to roll down
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
local specialty; local special dish
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
to be late; to be unpunctual
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die